Ards_Peninsula_(District_Electoral_Area)
Ards Peninsula (District Electoral Area)
District electoral area in Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland
Ards Peninsula is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland.[1] The district elects five members to Ards and North Down Borough Council and contains the wards of Ballywalter, Carrowdore, Kircubbin, Loughries, Portaferry and Portavogie.[2] Ards Peninsula forms part of the Strangford constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
| Ards Peninsula | |
|---|---|
| Ards and North Down Borough Council DEA constituency | |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1985 |
| Seats | 7 (1985-1993) 5 (1993–2014) 6 (2014-) |
| Councillors | |
It was created for the 1985 local elections, replacing Ards Area A which had existed since 1973, and originally contained seven wards (Ballywalter, Donaghadee North, Donaghadee South, Kircubbin, Millisle, Portaferry and Portavogie). For the 1993 local elections it was reduced to five wards, gaining Carrowdore but losing Donaghadee North, Donaghadee South and Millisle to the new Ards East DEA. For the 2014 local elections, it was increased to six wards, regaining Millisle while Donaghadee moved to the new Bangor East and Donaghadee DEA.
| Election | Councillor (Party) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Lorna McAlpine (Alliance) |
Joe Boyle (SDLP) |
Pete Wray (UUP) |
Robert Adair (DUP) |
Nigel Edmund (DUP) |
Davy Kerr (DUP) |
6 seats 2014–present | |||||||
| 2019 | Angus Carson (UUP) |
Eddie Thompson (DUP) | ||||||||||||
| June 2016 Co-Option | ||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Kellie Armstrong (Alliance) | |||||||||||||
| 2011 | Kieran McCarthy (Alliance) |
Colin Kennedy (DUP) |
5 seats 1993-2014 | |||||||||||
| 2005 | Jim Shannon (DUP) |
Robert Drysdale (DUP) | ||||||||||||
| 2001 | Daniel McCarthy (SDLP) | |||||||||||||
| 1997 | Paul Carson (UUP) | |||||||||||||
| 1993 | William Sheldon (Alliance) |
Robert Ambrose (UUP) |
James McMullan (Independent) | |||||||||||
| 1989 | Clifford Auld (Alliance) |
Mervyn Rea (DUP) |
John Shields (UUP) |
Ronald Ferguson (UUP) | ||||||||||
| 1985 | Thomas Byers (Independent) |
Oliver Johnston (DUP) |
Gladys McIntyre (UPUP) | |||||||||||
2019: 3 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2023: 3 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2019–2023 Change: No change
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| DUP | Robert Adair* | 21.33% | 1,959 | |||||
| Alliance | Lorna McAlpine* | 13.78% | 1,266 | 1,273.92 | 1,383.92 | |||
| SDLP | Joe Boyle* | 13.93% | 1,279 | 1,288.24 | 1,308.57 | 1,314.57 | ||
| DUP | Nigel Edmund* | 6.89% | 633 | 996.99 | 1,003.32 | 1,174.22 | 1,675.22 | |
| DUP | Davy Kerr | 9.00% | 827 | 990.68 | 1,014.99 | 1,165.61 | 1,314.61 | |
| Ulster Unionist | Pete Wray | 8.05% | 739 | 773.98 | 810.31 | 949.27 | 1,069.06 | |
| Sinn Féin | Noel Sands | 10.29% | 945 | 946.65 | 963.65 | 964.65 | 965.65 | |
| DUP | Eddie Thompson* | 7.48% | 687 | 720.00 | 725.33 | 852.62 | ||
| TUV | Tom Thompson | 6.45% | 592 | 616.09 | 628.09 | |||
| Green (NI) | Gilian McNaull | 1.62% | 149 | 149.99 | ||||
| Independent | Boyd Ireland | 1.18% | 108 | 111.63 | ||||
| Electorate: 19,000 Valid: 9,184 (48.34%) Spoilt: 111 Quota: 1,313 Turnout: 9,925 (52.24%) | ||||||||
2014: 3 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2019: 3 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2014-2019 Change: No change
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| DUP | Robert Adair* | 27.93% | 2,189 | |||||||
| SDLP | Joe Boyle* | 20.68% | 1,621 | |||||||
| DUP | Nigel Edmund* | 9.38% | 735 | 1,511.5 | ||||||
| DUP | Eddie Thompson* | 10.48% | 821 | 931 | 934.15 | 1,273.15 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | Angus Carson* | 10.62% | 832 | 943.5 | 968.7 | 995.45 | 1,020.2 | 1,132 | ||
| Alliance | Lorna McAlpine* | 10.62% | 832 | 849 | 1,079.65 | 1,083.9 | 1,085.75 | 1,088.95 | 1,124.95 | |
| Green (NI) | Michele Strong | 4.07% | 319 | 333 | 372.9 | 375.9 | 383.25 | 388.25 | 434.25 | |
| Sinn Féin | Murdoch McKibbin | 2.50% | 196 | 197.5 | 380.9 | 381.4 | 382.4 | 382.6 | 384.6 | |
| UKIP | Matt Davey | 2.98% | 234 | 267.5 | 274.15 | 279.15 | 291.15 | 322.55 | ||
| NI Conservatives | Tim Mullen | 0.74% | 58 | 61 | 62.05 | 63.05 | ||||
| Electorate: 17,582 Valid: 7,837 (44.57%) Spoilt: 119 Quota: 1,120 Turnout: 7,956 (45.25%) | ||||||||||
2011: 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP
2014: 3 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2011-2014 Change: DUP gain due to the addition of one seat
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| DUP | Robert Adair* | 24.48% | 1,773 | ||||||||
| SDLP | Joe Boyle* | 19.15% | 1,387 | ||||||||
| Ulster Unionist | Angus Carson* | 16.55% | 1,199 | ||||||||
| DUP | Nigel Edmund | 8.57% | 621 | 1,159.79 | |||||||
| Alliance | Kellie Armstrong* † | 6.06% | 439 | 457.49 | 605.69 | 619.46 | 620.56 | 650.47 | 862 | 1,074 | |
| DUP | Eddie Thompson* | 7.25% | 456 | 535.12 | 539.02 | 604.98 | 697.88 | 712.11 | 788.67 | 800 | |
| DUP | Louise Wallace | 7.72% | 559 | 616.19 | 618.29 | 653.99 | 669.89 | 678.18 | 701.41 | 703.31 | |
| Sinn Féin | Sheila Bailie | 5.36% | 388 | 390.58 | 535.48 | 535.82 | 535.92 | 538.82 | 557.69 | ||
| NI Conservatives | Paul Leeman | 2.22% | 161 | 180.35 | 185.75 | 215.67 | 220.17 | 246.71 | |||
| Alliance | Colin McCormick | 2.02% | 146 | 150.73 | 190.33 | 200.02 | 200.72 | 220.09 | |||
| NI21 | John Bustard | 1.57% | 114 | 117.87 | 125.07 | 131.7 | 132.1 | ||||
| Electorate: 16,656 Valid: 7,243 (43.49%) Spoilt: 126 Quota: 1,035 Turnout: 7,369 (44.24%) | |||||||||||
2005: 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP
2011: 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP
2005-2011 Change: No change
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| SDLP | Joe Boyle* | 24.24% | 1,473 | ||||||
| DUP | Robert Adair | 17.56% | 1,067 | ||||||
| Alliance | Kieran McCarthy* | 15.50% | 942 | 1,271.3 | |||||
| DUP | Colin Kennedy | 11.95% | 726 | 728.59 | 732.37 | 770.53 | 823.53 | 1,140.53 | |
| Ulster Unionist | Angus Carson* | 11.83% | 719 | 731.21 | 746.33 | 803.28 | 879.02 | 954.44 | |
| Alliance | Kellie Armstrong | 4.74% | 288 | 366.44 | 568.04 | 587.31 | 628.05 | 646.74 | |
| DUP | John Prentice | 6.91% | 420 | 423.33 | 429.21 | 442.58 | 507.79 | ||
| Independent | Joe Hagan | 4.30% | 261 | 269.14 | 280.48 | 314.22 | |||
| Independent | Robert Drysdale* | 2.96% | 180 | 197.76 | 215.4 | ||||
| Electorate: 12,879 Valid: 6,076 (47.18%) Spoilt: 132 Quota: 1,014 Turnout: 6,208 (48.20%) | |||||||||
2001: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
2005: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
2001-2005 Change: No change
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| DUP | Jim Shannon* | 31.44% | 1,944 | ||||
| Alliance | Kieran McCarthy* | 16.01% | 990 | 1,074.13 | |||
| SDLP | Joe Boyle | 14.77% | 913 | 918.17 | 1,303.17 | ||
| DUP | Robert Drysdale* | 10.72% | 663 | 1,024.43 | 1,034.43 | ||
| Ulster Unionist | Angus Carson* | 11.37% | 703 | 801.7 | 854.93 | 937.93 | |
| DUP | Colin Kennedy | 6.60% | 408 | 745.93 | 761.69 | 774.69 | |
| Sinn Féin | Anthony Lacken | 4.72% | 292 | 293.88 | |||
| Independent | Daniel McCarthy* | 4.37% | 270 | 281.28 | |||
| Electorate: 11,725 Valid: 6,183 (52.73%) Spoilt: 130 Quota: 1,031 Turnout: 6,313 (53.84%) | |||||||
1997: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP
2001: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP
1997-2001 Change: No change
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| DUP | Jim Shannon* | 26.53% | 1,824 | ||||||||
| Alliance | Kieran McCarthy* | 18.71% | 1,286 | ||||||||
| DUP | Robert Drysdale* | 10.25% | 705 | 1,222.92 | |||||||
| SDLP | Daniel McCarthy* | 12.51% | 860 | 865.85 | 899.51 | 918.84 | 1,025.08 | 1,025.88 | 1,430.88 | ||
| Ulster Unionist | Angus Carson | 10.33% | 710 | 748.22 | 755.81 | 766.28 | 864.5 | 894.8 | 944.8 | 1,008.8 | |
| Ulster Unionist | Paul Carson* | 7.56% | 520 | 583.96 | 593.97 | 603.82 | 671.15 | 710.75 | 731.42 | 765.42 | |
| Independent | Joe Boyle | 7.65% | 526 | 528.73 | 543.58 | 553.75 | 646.87 | 648.67 | |||
| Independent | Robert Ambrose | 3.71% | 255 | 289.32 | 298.01 | 307.13 | |||||
| Independent | James McMullan | 2.23% | 153 | 155.73 | 162.99 | 166.58 | |||||
| Alliance | Stephen McSherry | 0.51% | 35 | 38.12 | 85.2 | ||||||
| Electorate: 11,849 Valid: 6,874 (58.01%) Spoilt: 211 Quota: 1,146 Turnout: 7,085 (59.79%) | |||||||||||
1993: 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
1997: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP
1997-2001 Change: DUP and SDLP gain from Alliance and Independent
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | Paul Carson | 22.57% | 1,114 | |||||
| Alliance | Kieran McCarthy* | 21.21% | 1,047 | |||||
| DUP | Jim Shannon* | 20.12% | 993 | |||||
| DUP | Robert Drysdale | 10.25% | 473 | 687.21 | 696.01 | 849.01 | ||
| SDLP | Daniel McCarthy | 15.60% | 770 | 777.44 | 808.9 | 810.52 | 930.52 | |
| Alliance | William Sheldon* | 3.12% | 154 | 202.98 | 315.62 | 325.16 | 346.72 | |
| Alliance | John Smyth | 4.48% | 221 | 227.82 | 279.3 | 281.82 | 296.02 | |
| SDLP | Iain Bell | 2.65% | 131 | 131 | 141.12 | 141.48 | ||
| Green (NI) | Owen Crawford | 0.67% | 33 | 40.75 | 44.49 | 45.75 | ||
| Electorate: 11,165 Valid: 4,936 (44.21%) Spoilt: 101 Quota: 824 Turnout: 5,037 (45.11%) | ||||||||
1989: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 2 x Alliance
1993: 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
1989-1993 Change: UUP (two seats) and DUP loss to Independent and due to the reduction of two seats
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| Alliance | Kieran McCarthy* | 32.39% | 1,546 | ||||
| DUP | Jim Shannon* | 18.77% | 896 | ||||
| Independent | James McMullan | 13.74% | 656 | 818.76 | |||
| Ulster Unionist | Robert Ambrose* | 14.94% | 713 | 758.24 | 943.24 | ||
| Alliance | William Sheldon | 4.53% | 216 | 723 | 743.28 | 770.28 | |
| DUP | Thomas Cully | 10.16% | 485 | 498 | 539.08 | 599.08 | |
| Ulster Unionist | Samuel Brown | 5.47% | 261 | 275.56 | |||
| Electorate: 10,416 Valid: 4,773 (45.82%) Spoilt: 158 Quota: 796 Turnout: 4,931 (47.34%) | |||||||
1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UPUP, 1 x Independent
1989: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 2 x Alliance
1985-1989 Change: UUP and Alliance gain from UPUP and Independent
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| Alliance | Kieran McCarthy* | 16.19% | 1,119 | ||||||||
| DUP | Jim Shannon* | 14.90% | 1,030 | ||||||||
| Ulster Unionist | John Shields* | 14.73% | 1,018 | ||||||||
| Ulster Unionist | Robert Ambrose* | 14.59% | 1,008 | ||||||||
| DUP | Mervyn Rea | 8.45% | 584 | 588.56 | 682.4 | 705.49 | 738.45 | 748.8 | 1,139.8 | ||
| Ulster Unionist | Ronald Ferguson | 6.64% | 459 | 464.52 | 474.21 | 586.38 | 688.3 | 786.85 | 845.31 | 983.31 | |
| Alliance | Clifford Auld | 7.41% | 512 | 698 | 705.48 | 717.3 | 726.1 | 742 | 753.72 | 765.72 | |
| Independent | James McMullan | 8.16% | 564 | 616.32 | 616.83 | 616.83 | 617.95 | 619 | 624.15 | 632.15 | |
| DUP | Oliver Johnston* | 6.54% | 452 | 453.44 | 502.4 | 511.57 | 519.09 | 531.84 | |||
| Ulster Unionist | Trevor Hussey | 2.39% | 165 | 167.4 | 172.5 | ||||||
| Electorate: 16,006 Valid: 6,911 (43.18%) Spoilt: 229 Quota: 864 Turnout: 7,140 (44.61%) | |||||||||||
1985: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x UPUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| UPUP | Gladys McIntyre* | 13.68% | 999 | |||||||
| Ulster Unionist | Robert Ambrose* | 11.46% | 837 | 849.4 | 928.4 | |||||
| Independent | Thomas Byers | 11.07% | 808 | 808.4 | 826.48 | 830.56 | 1,058.56 | |||
| Alliance | Kieran McCarthy | 6.22% | 454 | 455.76 | 466 | 667.92 | 816.92 | 944.92 | ||
| Ulster Unionist | John Shields | 8.34% | 609 | 625.16 | 641.28 | 668.24 | 669.32 | 669.32 | 1,036.32 | |
| DUP | Jim Shannon | 11.46% | 837 | 844.36 | 858.32 | 863.64 | 863.64 | 863.64 | 899 | |
| DUP | Oliver Johnston* | 11.11% | 811 | 819.8 | 822.2 | 823.36 | 827.36 | 828.36 | 867.12 | |
| DUP | Joseph Thompson* | 8.72% | 637 | 642.68 | 649.68 | 651.76 | 651.84 | 651.84 | 672.24 | |
| Ulster Unionist | John Scott* | 5.70% | 416 | 428.88 | 468.8 | 505.16 | 505.16 | 505.16 | ||
| SDLP | Patrick Doherty* | 4.92% | 359 | 359.24 | 415.24 | 419.32 | ||||
| Alliance | James Muirhead | 3.93% | 287 | 292.04 | 298.44 | |||||
| Ulster Unionist | Samuel McKeown | 2.16% | 158 | 165.12 | ||||||
| SDLP | Seamus O'Neill | 1.22% | 89 | 89.16 | ||||||
| Electorate: 14,998 Valid: 7,301 (48.68%) Spoilt: 220 Quota: 913 Turnout: 7,521 (50.15%) | ||||||||||
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